Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-07-15
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

on the new century dictionary.
KING MILAN of Scrvia has been q mar
tyr to toothache and neuralgia ever since
his little fuss with Bulgaria. He ascribes
his trouble TO exposure in the field.
JENNIE JUNE has stepped into her new
place rs editor Of Godey's Lady's Book,
and begun her tasks rs cnergetically as if
she had not thirty years and more of busy
pen and labor behind her.
KATE SANBoRN describes Prof Felix
Adler rs tall and rather distinguished
looking man, pale and scholarly, with
bald and conical head. close shayen beard,
and full of what he has to say-no con
sciousncss in positions or manner.
LOUISA NJ. ALCoTT, now and then rs =
special favor, accorded TO party Of school
girls on pilgrimage 10 Concord oitcncr
than anybody else perhaps, takes from her
desk an old-fashioncd portfolio and eXhib-
its quantity of sketches after Turner
made by her artist sister, the original of
Amy in Little Women" who married
and died abroad
THE cabinet of President Pierce was un-
disturbed by designations throughout his
term of Office. Such record is unparal-
leled in the history of the republic. Two
members of the famous cabinet alone sur
vive. One is jefferson Davis, who was
Secretary of War, and is now 81 years Of
age The other is cX-Judgc Campbell, Of
Philadelphia, who was Postmaster General
under Pierce. He is now 70, is in good
health, and lives quietly in the Quaker
city.
GEN. SAMUEL GREG, formerly Russian
Minister of Finance, who has just died,
was of Scotch extraction. His father and
grandfather were Russian admirals of dis
tinction. lie settled the expenses of the
Turkish war ca and '1S) for 300 100000
rubles. In 1850 he contracted Il metallic
loan without restoring TO the assistance of
foreign syndicates He devised a system
of taxes yielding II, 000, 900 rubles year,
but he was deposed by a court intrigue
and Russia now regrets II.
Mrs. HELEN NJ AVERY Of the Interior
Department is the most accomplished pen
woman among the II, 900 and more Gov
ernmcnt clerks. The President is great
admirer Of her penmanship and frequently
refers TO ii in complimentary terms when
it comes, rs it often doe, under his obscrv-
ance Mrs. Avery is also clever pcn-and-
ink artist She does her work rapidly and
apparently without effort. Her duties oc-
cupy about two hours a day and her
salary is 81 600 per annum.
LUCY LAECoM and Whittier have good
deal of liking for each others society, and
il happens now and then that the Quaker
poet leaves his retreat at Oak Knoll, Dan
yers, Mass, where lac spends more of his
time Of late years than at Amcsbury, to
make one Of his rare trips TO the village.
meeting Miss Larcom NJ the house of al
common friend. There under the gam.
brcl roof that Miss Larcom has common.
grated in sprightly verse the two hold COM
muuion, while the practical villagers pass
ING outside irrevercntly grumblc not a little
at Whittier's invclcratc habit of tying his
horse and leaving him standing across the
sidewalk
COZ late years the Treasury has been
presided over by comparatively old men,
writes a Washington correspondent. Fol.
gcr was G3 years old when he was APP
pointed. sherman was nearly CO. and Bout
well and Chase were well up in years
Manning was 81, and gray had begun to
sprOut in Grcshams beard before Arthur
chose him, and McCulloch Is an old man
Hamilton organized the Treasury depart
mcut at 49, Oliver Wolcott, his successor
was 80, and the first seven Secretaries
were under 30 40 the time of their appoint.
Gallatin was just 40 when he became JEFF.
fcrson's Secretary OF the Treasury, and,
after serving about fourteen years he was
about the ace Of Manning when first ap
pointed. Dexter, who preceded Gallatin
was Il"
Mr.. r. G. HEAD, president of the Inter
National Range association, has had a
characteristic Western career. Born in
Missouri he went TO Texas while yet boy
and there made his first money in gather.
ING bones and horns on the plains. When
older he went 10 work as a cowboy at a
salary OF so month. In various ways
Inc managed 10 accumulate 5000, which
he invested in the cattle business, but
through the incompCtcncy or rascality Of
those lac trusted all was lost. He again
went 10 work as cowboy and accumu.
lated little money. and then entered on
The business of driving cattle NORTH lie
made money rapidly thus, and attracting
attention by his ability, was given charge
Of the Prairie Land and Cattle company
at salary of $50 600 per annum. For
three years he continued in control when
the company desiring 10 curtail expenses,
offered him a salary Of $1,000 which he
refused, The company failed soon after.
ward, while Mr. Head went into the cattle
business, accommodating a large fortune.